Good Eats!

I called the nurse yesterday and let her know what time we were coming so she held the bottle feeding so I could do it myself! It was wonderful watching her eat like a big girl. She makes us so proud. The nurses say she keeps pulling her feeding tube completely out of her mouth, so I'm thinking she's over it. Watching her drink from the bottle is like watching someone run a marathon because it takes all her energy to keep breathing while getting the food in. Her heart rate goes up and her breathing sounds exactly like it sounds when someone is running. She never appears distressed though, just very focused. :laugh: She took 25 ccs from the bottle before she sealed her lips and REFUSED to take another drop. She spent the rest of the time smiling continuously at me.

I was soo surprised at the size of the space she occupies now. The closer the babies get to going home, the more their space shrinks and the closer to the door they literally get. She moved from her fancy private room to a private corner to a little private 4x4 space in the newborn nursery now. :rofl: The nurses say that when she can tolerate full feeds for 48 hours she should be able to come home. Of course, the final say lies with the doctors so nothing is concrete at this point.

Without further ado...pics!

What she did as soon as we walked in the room:




It doesn't look like it but her the feeding tube is not in her mouth. It is pulled out before every bottle feeding but we hadn't removed the tape from her face.